Show HIGH PASSION PALESTINE mrs an andersen orson describes her trip fg from jaffa affe to jerusalem editor TrL tribune bune unexpected 1 re res oro are often greater th than ili those planned a long lone time in advance and our decision suddenly anode amade to lo passion week in the coly land has verified this thin saying tor for thus far ar everything seems poems to have worked together for our good and I 1 feel like sending you a greeting greetan from this city ot of the great kim jung our trip acro across the th arabian desert from fro cairo to the suez canal was comfortably fort ably anade anada by train only a few hours ride thence theme from port said md we embarked on a russian steamer leaving egypt tor for jata jaffa a voyage ot of ten hours only there being no harbor bandin landing g at it jaffa to Is sometimes dangerous when the sea Is rough because the small final boats in which one giust land are arc rocking about by the side eide ot of the big whip anil and there are awkward looking waves to be encountered before reaching land we were hig lilly favored tor for our ship anchored in still catl waters smooth as glass and we rowed into the bhe port from which jonah sailed called on his tempestuous voyage passing as wo we neared iha ili a shore safely through the identical gidej I 1 neat jagged reef the reported scene of the legend of andromeda daughter of 0 cephus and J joppa oppa the bible name for yata or jafra and andromeda cameda was chained to one point 0 of f this rock by ilie elie order of neptune to be prey of it a famous sea monster perseus Par seus returning on his borrowed wings wines through the clr from the c conquest on quest of medusa tho the only one of the throe three goggons that was P R to mortality i norta lity paused in Ws flight at the slant 9 1 ht ot 0 f the beautiful and hapless andromeda and komedal romedal and promised d her father to iziver her and destroy the monster lr if cepheus Ceph cu would give her to in marriage cepheus consented and when the vi monster onster rose above the surface to drown r tier her perseus turned upon him the awful an snake keen ke en wreathed countenance of the gorgon from whose dripping blood the 9 As that have ha v e since infested libya eg ana the sight turned this monster into stone in time an iron ring and the chains bains c were still seen in proof root of this myth teal occurrence but since inca s A D 1600 they have disappeared A modern skeptic reads re da this myth into the tradition oa oe a beautiful girl roughly courted iby by some monster of it a sea captain whose attempt to carry her off by force was frustrated by a more inore gallant and successful rival riva 1 BEAUTIFUL JAFFA jaffa la is beautiful as seen been from tho soa so a for the town Is built on a low rounded hill sloping into the mediterranean sea and one experiences strange sensations gazing upon this land jand above any earthly place but the town la Is the cho reverse of beautiful fui in the midst ot of its streets which are narrow marrow winding and very dirty donkeys s and camels are arc met enet with but noa vehicles lively to Is tho the scene wherever you go eo arki and orientals Orient als in gaudy flowing garments press about volunteering aluch polyglot advice for they presume that each tourist lias has come with the intention of making the overland 0 ver tour through palestine the fruit and vegetable market Is amusing as seen at early dawn surrounded as it dt Is by greedy money changers tout but the bazaars are hardly worth a visit except that they present also a very animated scene and ar arc 0 frequented by a curious crowd of all 11 nations jaffa was waa the scene of many events of the now new testament here peter raised dorcas or Tat Taly oltha ltha to eife li feher her house hous now subterranean cart can still be seen been in an orange garden near by here the apostle had that remarkable vision showing owing abw him the he distinction between jew J end and gentile was waa forever abolished the traditional house of simon the tanner Is shown find and dean stanley considers that the bito has been truly around it tire are now n ony several tanneries canneries tann eries one of the rooms has bas been converted into a mosque and on a portion of the root roof a little lighthouse stands a A rhea tha rude leading to the root roof of the modern house flat now as of old led us its to a view which gave all ail that was needed for tho lie accompaniments of the hour ab abobo 0 y 0 the noonday heaven in front the ions 1 D nw bright sweep of the mediterranean sea ca its ita nearer waves broken broke a by reefs with fishermen standing nc an and d wading among them sukh suk h as aa inight nave have of old when this holy land waa iwas the country of jacob and david of df rachel and ruth and when amongst the hills beyond tho the prophets of israel taught andi and the savior of 0 all men lived and died we landed at jaffa in tho the morning morril ng reaching our hotel at a on an step ving out upon an upper veranda we breathed tho the perfume ot of a bridal wreath borno borne upward with the rising dew this bat balcony bony looked down upon orange gardens and the minions of blossoms at burcet our feet were so comp ant that the effect produced was like snow the orange groves aro aro the roost interesting te thing 40 0 o ime in jaffa they are extensive eally accessible and the fruit to Is luscious it Is oval evil in shape some measure ten to fifteen inched in circumference I 1 bought five for or a half placere two cents orange blossoms and ripe fruit are to be seen on cm the saime trees at all times of the year but in march and april the special season of orange blossoms their fragrance Is wafred wafted for miles over the pi plain ain of sharon or its as far out at sea according to the ling wind other brulls lemons pomegranates water melons anelons etc come coma to great perfection here for miles around the scene ll Is oner one of luxuriant beauty these thesa orchards are ara protected by rows of prickly cactus forming an impenetrable hedge leavina jaffa we me rodo a baa hour by train through wiese these fruit gardens and then began bc an to wind around and up among the mountains of judea to jerus wilem ilem which lies at an elevation I 1 ot of 2600 feet above the ties the scenery is 33 very grand the rocks are of a lovely mixed black different shades of 0 brown dark green and white limestone all ideas afoul about farming implements clements ts used are most primitive and eaon man mark the iha boundary 0 of his land by small email heaps of stones ny fence or hedge one could scatter all these stones in an hour but the penalty cursed the ibe he that remo veth hit his neighbors landmarks and all the people say amen doug 17 nearl ing the old city of david the mount zion of our songs we felt hat before us stood jerusalem although only the high walls which surround eur round the city with ith minarets mina towering above them can be soen noen even the ride from the station stat ionia is impressive for we mount capy ra pUlly the ehe borses being driven at a gallop jaffa gate gale one ona 0 of the sevenell saven seve nall all the oriental life breaks upon the astonished visitor nho mho quite naturally expects aspects to suse see all aai things subdued and quite HANNAH L howards hotel jerusalem Pale palestina stint nc march 20 2894 |